Colorado · Nonprofit
CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE
CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,084,000 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($330,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $295k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $16k
What Climate Democracy Initiative does
Mission
To address the climate crisis by protecting democracy and building public trust, local leadership, and people-centered systems for navigating a future of environmental change.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Eclipse connects schools, community organizations, and local leaders to k- 12 learning opportunities focused on real-world environmental and civic action. Through tailored curriculum, educator support, and hands-on experiences, students engage directly with local environmental systems and challenges while building strong youth leadership ecosystems and community partnerships. Rooted in environmental justice, civic engagement, and stewardship, eclipse supports a future where young people are empowered to make the decisions that affect their communities and environment most. We supported more than 300 educators in 4 school systems through training, coaching and collaboaration.
$261,393 spent70% of program spendingCommunity visioning is a values-driven civic planning model that brings community members together to identify wants and needs, assess environmental risks and opportunities, and strategize pathways to climate- resilient, sustainable futures grounded in local priorities. We support rural and small communities in defining and advancing their own visions for a thriving, sustainable shared future. We hosted or supported 22 community events, workshops and trainings, engaging more than 35 community and institutional partners.
$112,026 spent30% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $373,419.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $321k to $28k (−91%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
99% of CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
John Powers
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $50k → $387k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
62% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
62% of CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $414k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $670k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE's revenue fell 18% between 2022 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE?
- CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,084,000 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($330,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,084,000 in grants to CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE?
- THE DENVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $330,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLIMATE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing